Dear Frugal Upstate, Good morning! I need some advice. I have several bell peppers that are close to going bad, but I won’t be home to cook dinner tonight or tomorrow. Is there a way to preserve them? Macey What a good question. I really find it frustrating when food spoils and has to be […]
Reader’s Question: Can you use “carving” pumpkins for cooking and dehydrating?
Dear Frugal Upstate, I was looking at your How to Dehydrate Pumpkins post and was wondering–do you have to use pie pumpkins or can you use uncarved pumpkins from Halloween? Britty That’s a good question Britty! The short answer is yes, you can use an uncarved Halloween pumpkin, but the flavor might not be very […]
Reader’s Question: How Long to Dehydrate?
Dear Frugal Upstate I LOVE all the information you’ve been posting on dehydrating! I tried dehydrating bags of mixed veggies this week (to save freezer space and make them last longer), and I wasn’t sure about how long to dry them. They are teeny tiny when done, right? Can you dry them too much? I […]
Tutorial: How to Dehydrate Celery
There really isn’t much that is easier than dehydrating celery. Of course that is if you have a dehydrator–I’m sure sun drying celery in Upstate New York would be challenging 🙂 Start with your clean celery. Remember-dehydration does not magically make inferior food better-so start with a good product 🙂 All you do is take […]
DIY: How to Dehydrate Pumpkin
I bet some of you are thinking–why on earth would you want to dehydrate pumpkin? (note: Ever since I got my Excalibur dehydrator last Christmas I’ve been having such fun dehydrating! I haven’t written too much about it because I really wanted to get some experience under my belt first. . . but now I’m […]
Readers Question: Information on Dehydrating
A couple of days ago I posted about how I’ve been busy putting up the harvest. There has been a lot of great conversation in the comments on that post. Kimberly in particular had a couple of questions regarding dehydrating. As I told her, I always assume if one person actually takes the time to […]
